These are very quick and nutritious. Perfect for a light snack or a starter, or in my case, to get your other half to eat vegetables. You might not look so sexy with sauce and noodles dripping down your face, but you could always get your date to lick it off…

Ingredients
1/2 carrot, cut into matchsticks
1/2 cucumber, peeled and cut into matchsticks
1/2 capsicum, cut into matchsticks
2 shallots, cut into matchsticks
8 mint leaves
1/4 cup coriander leaves
50g vermicelli noodles
4 rice paper sheets
Dipping Sauce
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
4 tablespoons Hoi Sin sauce
1 tablespoon warm water

Serves 2

Method
Cover vermicelli noodles with boiling water and leave for 5-7 minutes. Drain and run under cold water until cool. Drain again.
Soak a tea towel in cold water and place on a plate.
Soak a rice paper sheet in warm water in a large circular bowl for about 30 seconds. Place on the wet tea towel. Arrange some of the vermicelli noodles at the bottom end of the rice paper. Place your carrot, cucumber, capsicum and shallots on top. Gently place the coriander down one side and neatly place the two mint leaves up the side. To roll either fold in both of the edges and then roll, or just fold up one edge (to leave the top open) and roll tightly. Cover with the wet tea towel and keep them all covered and in the fridge until you are ready to serve. The closer you can prepare them to serving time the better.

To make the sauce, mix the sugar and water in a bowl until the sugar has dissolved. Then add the remaining ingredients and mix well.

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